Insulator.



No. s67,|o3. Patented 1an. 29, lem. H. n. sAnGENT.

,msuLATorL (Application 1ed`Aug. 31, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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` rwentr' Howard?. Sargent b y/ Va #Paty UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HOWARD R. SARGENT, OF SOHENEOTADY, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE GENERAL `ELECTRIC COMPANY, OF NET YORK.

INSU LATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent o. 667,103, dated January y29, 1901.

Apnlieationled August 31, 1900. Serial No. 28,655. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern: by a lineman, but if its parts are not adapt Be it known that I, HOWARD R. SARGENT, ed to be properly secured together, the dea citizen of the United States, residing at vice is not satisfactory. A method of rivet- Schenectady, county of Schenectady, State of ing parts together would be satisfactory so far 5 New York, haveinvented certain new and useas a secure fastening is concerned, but such 55 ful Improvements in Insulators, (Case No. a method would not possess the advantage ofl,55l,) of which the following is a speciticaquick assemblage, nor indeed of being readtion. ily taken apart, which is of as much or greater This invention relates to insulating snpimportance than quick assemblage. Screwio ports or hangers for wires or cables which threaded connections might be efficient in 6o conduct electric currents; and it consists of making a device secure if they are otherwise a hanger composed of an insulating-body and secured; but if one of the parts be rotatable combined parts hereinafter described, by with respect to the other there is danger that means of which a lineman may quickly and the parts will be loosened; but in any event 15 securely insert the cable in the hanger withthe screw-threaded connection takes too long 65 out threading it therethrough. a time for a lineman to assemble in the case Figure l is a vertical section of the hanger of devices of this kind, where an instantanewith the supporting-loop shown in full lines. ous connection should be had if possible. It Fig. 2 is a plan view of the hanger, and Fig. is also highlydesirable thatthe device should 2o 3 is a side elevation of the supporting-loop L. be adapted to receive the wire or cable With- 7o Devices of this kind, which are usually atout threading the latter through it, so that tached to lofty supports, should be capable not only may the work of originally Stringing of being operated very quickly on account of the wires be greatly facilitated, but that the the danger from live wires, as well as severe hangers may be connected in at any desired z 5 weather, to which the lineman may be explace at any time after the wire or cable has 75 posed, and also because of the economy in been strung. Another important requiretime. To this end it is desirable that nearly ment is that the parts which directly supall the labor should be performed on the port the wire should be sufiiciently rigid and hanger by the manufacturer and that the strong, so that they will not bend or break 3o least possible manipulation for the final opunder any strain to which the wire may sub- 8o erative assemblage be left to the lineman. ject them in order that the latter may be pre- Hence any device which requires operations vented from detachment. of riveting, screwing, bolting, or bending va- Adevice constructed in accordance with my rious parts is distinctly disadvantageous. invention embodies all the above-described 3 5 On the other hand, a device which can be advantages with others, which will be de- 85 quickly assembled but is at the same time scribed hereinafter. highly complex or diiiicult to make is almost As shown in Fig. l, the devicel consists of equally undesirable. The number of parts only two parts, one of which has a hole ento be assembled should be a minimum, since tirely through it and the other is open at one 4o no matter how quickly they are capable of end, and when the parts are separated the 9o assemblage it is apositive disadvantage torelatter part, having the opening at one end, quire a lineman to hold several eXtra parts is lifted up around the Wire from beneath, together While assembling. Itis obvious that like a net under a fish, and that part is then low cost of production is also desirable. forced into the hole in the other part, where 45 Furthermore, it is essential that the parts it is automaticallylocked. Probably no sim- 95 can be so firmly secured together that there pler device could be conceived. y is danger of the conducting wire or cable be- As shown in Figs. l and 2, the device is secoming detached and thus causing serious cured to a support W by any suitable means damage to neighboring life or property. If S, which forms no part of myinvention. The 5o a device be adapted to be readily assembled member I of insulating material, such as por- 10o celain, is mounted upon the support S. This insulating member I is formed with hole H, extending entirely through it, which hole is enlarged at its upper end, as shown at H'. The insulator may be mounted upon the support S by the lineman before he need concern himsell with securing the wire in place. A single member only, which the lineman can manipulate with one hand, is required to secure the wire in position. This member is the loop L, the arms A of which are secured in the hole of the insulator. These arms have a certain amount of elasticity, so that after the lineman has lifted the loop up around the wire he brings the upper ends of the arms toward each other and forces them up through the hole H. The ends of the arms are thicker than the other parts, and so as soon as the loop has been forced a suiiicient distance into the hole these enlarged ends of l the arm expand into the enlarged portion H of the hole in the insulator. Generally if the arms have considerable elasticity this device would be sufficient to secure the loop within the hole in the insulator against all possible forces tending to withdraw it. However, as an additional precaution a wedge D is piv oted upon a pin P, extending through a hole O in the enlarged end of the left-hand arm A. This wedge may be used to add to the effect of the spring-arms, or it may be used when the arms lach elasticity, but are movable, as the sole means of moving and maintaining the enlarged ends of the arms in the enlarged hole H'. 'lhe inside of the end of the right-hand arm A is formed with a curved surface, the end of the wedge D being correspondingly curved to engage therewith, so that a blow on the top of the wedge will drive it down into engagement with the arm and loop, where it will be maintained by the curvature in that position and can be as readily removed by force. As it is not convenient in separating the parts to knock the wedge out from underneath, suitable means is provided wherebythe wedge can be pulled open from the top, suoli as the notch N, in which a Screw- 1lriver or other suitable instrument may be inserted for this purpose.

As shown in Fig. l, the drop `from the narrow portion of the hole H in the insulator I to the enlarged portion H is not abrupt, the inclined portion C being formed in the wall of the hole. A similar incline is formed on the enlarged ends ot' the arms A, and hence the wedge D being absent or raised from engagement the lower end ot` the loop L can be grasped and the entire loop be removed from the insulator by a quick jerk, which causes the arms A to be forced toward each other. The edges of the lower portion of the` loop flare in order to prevent the abrasion of the insulating-covering of a cable. These flared edges form lugs G, which engage the bottom of the insulator in order to prevent the loop from moving entirely through the hole. If

these lugs were not formed on the lower portion of the loop, it would be necessary to provide au equivalent check on the upper por tion of the insulator. As shown in Fig. l, these lugs or shoulders are so situated that they leave sufficient space between the low est part of the loop and the bottom of the insulator to permit a great range ol' movement for the relatively small wire. This is advantageous when it is desired that the wire may be given this freedom of movement; but it will readily be seen that the shoulders may be situated lower down on the loop, so that the wire may be held in a 'fixed position between the loop and the insulator.

The invention consists in a simple and quickly-operated device for suspending wire, and the essential features involved may be adapted for various uses. For example, the lower portion of the loop might readily be adapted to serve to support a trolley-wire.

As shown in Fig. 2, the parts ofthe enlarged portion of the left-hand arm A are rounded at their corners to permit the free movement of the wedge D, which is pivoted between them.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In an insulating-hanger,the combination with a supporting-loop having one end open for the reception of the eonductingwire, ol an insulator formed with a hole into which the free ends of the loop are Vforced to alltoinatically hold them in position, thus including` the conducting-wire between the insula tor and the closed end of the loop.

2. In aninsulatilig-hanger,the combination with a supporting-loop, having 011e end open for the reception of the conducting-wire, the free ends of the loop being elastic, or" an insulator formed with a hole into which the free ends of the loop are forced, so that they expand againstthe walls of the hole to hold the loop in the insulator.

E3. An insulator formed with a hole, in conn bination with an open-ended U-shaped conductor-support, the ends of which are removably secured to the walls of the hole.

4. A conductor-support, which comprises an insulator formed with a hole, in combination with a supporting-loop having one end open for the reception of the conducting-wire, the free ends of the loop being secured to the walls of the hole so as to leave a space for the conducting-wire between the insulator and the curved portion of the loop.

5. A conductor-support, which comprises an insulator formed with a hole, in combination with a U-shaped support, the ends of which are secured iu position in the hole.

(i. The combination with an insulator formed with a hole which is enlarged toward one end, of a supporting-loop having springarms which are compressed and inserted in the hole and expanded into the enlarged por@ tion to hold the loop in the insulator.

7. The combination with an insulator IOO IIO

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formed with a hole, of a supporting-loop having movable arms which extend into the hole in the insulator, and a wedge for spreading the arms against the walls of the hole to hold the loop in the insulator.

8. The combination with an insulatoi1 formed with a hole, of a supporting-loop having movable arms which are held in the hole, and a wedge pivoted to one arm and adapted to engage the other arm to spread the arms against the Walls of the hole, and thus secure the loop within the insulator.

9. The combination with an insulator formed with a hole having an enlarged portion, of a supporting-loop having movable arms which extend in the hole, and a wedge for spreading the arms in the enlarged portion ol'. the hole to hold the loop in the insulator.

l0. The combination with an insulator formed with a hole having an enlarged portion, of a supporting-loop having movable arms with enlarged portions, which arms extend into the hole, their enlarged portions engaging with the enlarged portions of llhe hole, to hold the insulator in the support.

11. The combination with an insulator having a hole formed with an enlarged portion andan incline connecting the portions of different size, of a supporting-loop having movable arms which extend into the hole in the insulator, the ends of which arms are enlarged and formed with an incline connecting the narrow and enlarged portions, the inclined parts oi' the insulator and support eooperating to permit the withdrawal of the support from the hole in the insulator.

l2. The combination with an insulator formed with a hole having an enlarged portion, of a supporting-loop provided with movable arms the ends of which are enlarged, and a wedge pivoted in one of said enlarged ends and adapted to engage the other arm to expand the enlarged ends into the enlarged portion of the hole in the insulator.

13. The combination with an insulator formed with a hole, of a supporting-loop having elastic arms, and a wedge adapted to cooperate with the elastic arms to secure the loop in the insulator.

14. The combination ywith an insulator formed with a hole having an enlarged portion, of a supporting-loop having spring-arms, the ends of which are correspondingly enlarged, and a Wedge pivoted to the enlarged end of one arm.

15. The combination with an insulator formed with a hole, of a supporting-loop having movable arms which engage in the hole, a wedge, and curved surfaces formed on the wedge and loop to lock the parts in position and permit their easy separation.

16. The combination with an insulator formed with a hole, of a supporting-loop havin g movable arms which extend into the hole, a wedge for expanding the arms, and means on the upper part of the wedge for removing it from between the arms.

17. The combination with an insulator formed with a hole, of a supporting-loop having movable arms which extend into the hole, andilugs or shoulders on the arms adapted to engage the outside of the insulator.

18. The combination with an insulator formed with a hole having an enlarged portion, of a supporting-loop having movable arms with correspondingly-enlarged portions extending into the hole, and lugs or shoulders on the arms to cooperate with the insulator and the enlarged portions of the arms to hold the insulator and loop securely together.

19. The combination with an insulator formed with an opening of a certain dimension, of a supporting-loop formed with movable arms, having enlarged ends which extend through and beyond said opening, and lugs on the arms which engage with the insulator where the arms enter the opening.

20. The combination with an insulator, of a supporting-loop formed of a strip of metal, the ends of which are removably attached to the insulator, and the edges of which flare out to prevent abrasion of the cable insulation.

21. The combination with an insulator formed with a hole, of a supporting-loop, the ends of which are removably fixed in the hole, the edges of the lower portion of the loop being made Haring to prevent the abrasion of the cable insulation, and to form lugs which engage the lower side of the insulator.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 29th day of August, 1900.

HOWARD R. SARGENT.

Witnesses:

BENJAMIN B. HULL, FRED Russ.

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